Objective: to identify the prevalence of trauma in elderly people and how they accessed the health system through pre-hospital care. Method: documentary and retrospective study at a mobile emergency care service, using a sample of 400 elderly trauma victims selected through systematic random sampling. A form validated by experts was used to collect the data. Descriptive statistical analysis was applied. The chi-square test was used to analyze the association between the variables. Results: Trauma was predominant among women (52.25%) and in the age range between 60 and 69 years (38.25%), average age 74.19 years (standard deviation±10.25). Among the mechanisms, falls (56.75%) and traffic accidents (31.25%) stood out, showing a significant relation with the pre-hospital care services (p<0.001). Circulation, airway opening, cervical control and immobilization actions were the most frequent and Basic Life Support Services (87.8%) were the most used, with trauma referral hospitals as the main destination (56.7%). Conclusion: trauma prevailed among women, victims of falls, who received pre-hospital care through basic life support services and actions and were transported to the trauma referral hospital. It is important to reorganize pre-hospital care, avoiding overcrowded hospitals and delivering better care to elderly trauma victims.

A morte é o fenômeno através do qual é posto fim a vida. Esse cenário remete aos seres humanos comportamentos emocionais diferentes, seja no indivíduo que está morrendo ou em seus familiares. No espaço hospitalar, a morte remove seu aspecto sagrado e de finitude e os profissionais de saúde assumem os cuidados com esse processo. Entretanto, ao contrário do que se possa imaginar, nem sempre esses profissionais estão aptos a lidar com esse processo. Tendo em vista que o profissional da Enfermagem vivencia, diariamente, os conflitos entre a morte e a vida, muitas vezes, este sai despreparado da graduação, receoso com o momento de lidar com essa dualidade. Assim, este estudo tem por objetivo compreender a visão dos acadêmicos de Enfermagem de uma Universidade privada do município de Natal, no Estado do Rio Grande do Norte, quanto ao entendimento dos mesmos sobre o tema morte e o morrer, trata-se de uma pesquisa descritiva, exploratória com abordagem quantitativa, que foi realizada em uma Universidade Privada do Município de Natal. A população entrevistada foi de 125 alunos do nono e décimo períodos, que responderam a um questionário. Nas respostas, 53% dos acadêmicos entrevistados já presenciaram algum óbito durante as práticas curriculares e 51% afirmam estar preparados para informar notícias difíceis. Em relação a estudar sobre a tanatologia na graduação, 98% dos alunos considera importante. Mediante o estudo, conclui-se  que as respostas obtidas pelos participantes, o resultado foi surpreendente, pois se esperavam respostas negativas a respeito da preparação do graduando quanto à temática, pelo fato de não terem na grade curricular a disciplina tanatologia, e mesmo que as respostas tenham sido intermediárias se retomam as questões com a certeza de que não foi  concluído, visto que as respostas  motivaram para a inquietante discussão sobre o processo de morte e morrer. Palavras-chave: Morrer. Formação. Estudantes de Enfermagem. AbstractDeath is the phenomenon through which life is terminated. This scenario reminds humans of different emotional behaviors, whether in the individual dying or in their family members. In the hospital space, death removes its sacred and finitude aspect  and health professionals take care of this process. However, contrary to what can be imagined, these professionals are not always able to deal with this process. Considering that the Nursing professional experiences daily the conflicts between death and  life, often, the same is not prepared during the undergraduate degree , and are thus  of the moment to deal with this duality. Thus, this study aims to understand the view of Nursing students of a private University of the city of Natal in the state of Rio Grande do Norte regarding their understanding of the subject of death and dying; this is a descriptive research, an exploratory study with a quantitative approach that was carried out at a Private University of the Municipality of Natal. The interviewed population was 125 students from the ninth and tenth periods who answered a questionnaire. In the responses, 53% of the interviewed students had already witnessed death during the curricular practices and 51% said they were prepared to report difficult news. In relation to studying on the tanatology in the undergraduation degree 98% of the students considers important. Through the study, it is concluded that the answers obtained by the participants, the result was surprising, since negative answers were expected regarding the student’s preparation on the subject, because they did not have in the curriculum of tanatology, and even if answers were intermediate, it is returned  to the questions with the certainty that it was not, since the answers motivated the disturbing discussion about the  death and dying process. Keywords: Die. Formation. Nursing students.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional, descriptive study with a quantitative approach, applying a questionnaire with objective questions to 100 volunteer patients who fit the established inclusion criteria. Data were collected in February and March 2016.Results: It was found a predominance of women, aged 40 to 49 years old, white and black, with incomplete high school, living with a partner and children. Most individuals reported excellent access to diagnosis of the disease, good understanding of the Hypertension and adherence to treatment. They considered the delivery of drugs by UBS as well as nursing care received as good. They reported rarely participating in health education activities and realized a great change in the quality of life with the completion of treatment. Conclusions:It is concluded that the HIPERDIA need some improvements by both managers as by health professionals so that it could better assist the demands of patients.